Why do you have to be a Gaullist today?

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The General Charles de Gaulle Memorial in Colombey-les-Deux-Églises.

Wikipedia / Juergen Kappenberg

By: Romain Auzouy

1 min

From left to far-right, several candidates for the French presidential election pay tribute to General de Gaulle, this Tuesday, November 9, 2021, on the occasion of the 51st anniversary of his death.

The five candidates for the nomination The Republicans, or even the socialist Anne Hidalgo traveled to Colombey-les-Deux-Églises where the first President of the Fifth Republic rests.

While the candidate of the National Rally, Marine Le Pen, is in Bayeux in the west of France where General de Gaulle had spoken in two famous speeches.

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To discuss it:

- Christine Clerc

, journalist and writer, author of numerous political books and on the General, among others " 

Editions of the observatory," 

, Éditions Nil

- Éric Roussel,

 historian, writer, author of numerous books on the presidents of the Fifth Republic, author of a biography, “

”, released in 2002 by Gallimard, republished by Poche Tempus / Perrin 2007. And new reissue in August 2020 Tempus / Perrin 

- Jean-Philippe Moinet

, author, columnist, founder and director of La Revue Civique.

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